Books - "history"
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Bentley: Factory Cars 1919-1931
Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Osprey 1993
KEYWORDS: automotive history cars motoring Bentley vintage classic early 20th twentieth century high performance
Lagonda: A History of the Marque
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 497pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1978
KEYWORDS: automotive history motoring Lagonda cars
Aston Martin: The Story of a Sports Car
LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 343pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1957
KEYWORDS: high performance cars motorsport automotive Aston Martin sports history design development engineering
Split Seconds: My Racing Years
LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 306pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems/edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev bookseller's ink stamp to ffep)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1951
KEYWORDS: automotive racing motorsport history Raymond Mays autobiography autobiographies memoir
Maserati 3011: The Story of a Racing Car
Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 112pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Aries Press 1987
KEYWORDS: automotive classic vintage cars history Maserati 3011 motoring
John Thornley Said Call it MGA
SECOND EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#62/251), quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, illus eps & prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light chafing to boards, sl tanning to page edges, minor cracking to central gutters)
PUBLISHER: MGA Register 2015
KEYWORDS: signed limited numbered editions MGA automotive motoring cars vintage classic history
Modena Racing Memories
Square imperial octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 148pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing/rubbing to board edges & extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: MBI Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: automotive history Italian sports cars grand prix racing motorsport high performance
Terra Australis 10: The Emergence of Mailu: as a Central Place in Coastal Papuan Prehistory
ONE PAGE LOOSE, SIGNED, quarto, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xx + 262pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing/scuffing & fading to spine, moderate scuffing to covers & edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, sl soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- various chunks of page block partially detached, pg 88-89 detached)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Irwin / Australian National University 1985
KEYWORDS: signed Australia Australian prehistory prehistoric archeology archaeology ancient history anthropology excavations Mailu
The Encyclopaedia of Motor Sport
Quarto, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus title page, 656pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling to front board, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ebury Press / Michael Joseph 1971
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport encyclopedia encyclopaedia car racing cars history
Zagato: Settant'anni Vissuti di Corsa / Seventy Years in the Fast Lane
TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH, square quarto, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 182pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to rear board, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Giorgio Nada Editore 1989
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH automotive history motoring Zagato Italian motorsport
Road Star Hat Trick: Being an Account of Two Seasons of B Bira the Racing Motorist in 1937 and 1938 (Fourth Edition)
FOURTH EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 183pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, heavy fading to spine, sl fading to board edges, light to moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeplight tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis 1948
KEYWORDS: birabongse bhanude B Bira biography biographies memoir automotive racing motorists drivers history
Specials
LACKS D/W, octavo, peach buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 170pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked, light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedownlight foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1949
KEYWORDS: motorsport automotive cars racing history
Targa Florio: An Authentic History of the Famous Motor Race
LACKS D/W, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 164pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing/scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to half title page, light foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: automotive history motorsport Targa Florio races
The History of the Geelong Speed Trials 1956-1985
SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#20/1000), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 291pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to top edges of boards & spine, sl soiling to page egdes) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate chafing, moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Gary Grant 1986
KEYWORDS: signed limited editions automotive motorsport Geelong races history speed trials
Riley: The Production and Compettition History of the Pre-1939 Riley Motor Cars
SECOND EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading ot spine, moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1974
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport Riley history motor cars design development production
Brooklands Giants
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1995
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport brooklands racing circuit drivers cars history
Historic Racing Cars of New Zealand
SIGNED, quarto, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 328pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & soiling to board edges, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor archival tape repairs to top edge, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1991
KEYWORDS: signed Graham Vercoe automotive motoring motorsport New Zealand history cars racing
Napier: The First to Wear the Green
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1998
KEYWORDS: British Napier design automotive motorsport motoring engineering history
Fear in the Night
SECOND IMP., octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1959
KEYWORDS: New Zealand soldiers military war history aviation pilots autobiography autobiographies memoir
Little Cyclone
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1954
KEYWORDS: war military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapes escapees escape true stories Airey Neave